| The groin had been troubling me for some time and I guess that was the straw that broke the camel's back. |
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| Unfortunately, the group's dalliance with satanism proved to be their undoing, the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. |
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| A computer systems breakdown was like the straw that broke the camel's back. |
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| What triggers the fight is a small thing, but it's the straw that broke the camel's back. |
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| I suspect that was the straw that broke the camel's back and whipped them into migratory action, so to speak, because Leah and Jason arrived in Darwin not long afterwards. |
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| Having endured the worst of American food for the best part of our holiday, with huge portions of inedible, sugar-laden stodge, this was the straw that broke the camel's back. |
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| That was the straw that broke the camel's back for a lot of lads who had already been making waves over the living conditions and their treatment. |
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| Like an elephant beset by bees, or the straw that broke the camel's back, this week's swarm of small irritating things could madden even tolerant Taurans. |
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| It's intuitively obvious what a cumulative effect is, it's like the straw that broke the camel's back, but applying it in the real world is very tough. |
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| She pleaded that the final words had been the straw that broke the camel's back. |
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| I think if it doesn't go the way we want, that may be the opportunity, the trigger, or the straw that broke the camel's back and allow us to take specific unilateral action. |
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| King Gyanendra's decision in February 2005 to dissolve the government and declare a state of emergency has been the straw that broke the camel's back in terms of Nepalese patience. |
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| In any case, the managers were telling us that they knew the reason for this perfectly well: the Attali plan had been the straw that broke the camel's back. |
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| The attempt to abduct their son was the straw that broke the camel's back and it convinced them to put the whole family in the car and move to Jordan. |
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| This is the straw that broke the camel's back,'' hikoi organizer Pita Sharples told the crowd. |
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